Wall-paper seam-cutting and pasting machine.



No. 742,808, PATBNTED OUT. 27, 1903. J. VOGT.

WALL PAPER 'SEAM CUTTING 'AND PAST-ING MACHINE;

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UNITED ST TES i'atented October 27, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.-

JOSEPH vocr, OF NEW YORK, N. v.

WALL-PAPER SEAM-CU TTING AND PASTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,808, dated October 27, 1903. Application filed June 30, 1903. Serial No. 163,724. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH VOGT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVall-Paper Seam- Outting and Pasting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a novel wall-paper pasting and seam-cuttin g machine particularly designed for the purpose of cutting the se. ms and pasting the wall-paper in one operation.

It is a feature of this invention to produce a device by means of which a great deal of timeis saved and a certain amount of work done in half the time formerly used.

By means of this machine the back of the wall-paper is covered with paste very uni- 2o formly. The even coating of paste on the back of the wall-paper as produced by this device can never be obtained by means of brushes no matter whether operated by hand or forming part of a machine.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-= Figure 1 is a side elevation of which embodies my invention. cross-section on line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 rep- ;;0 resents the machine in top plan view partly broken away. Figaiillustrates in detail view the adjustment of the stationary cutterblades, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of apasteroll bearing.

3 5 Similar characters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, corepresents an oblong rectangularbox, preferably made of wood, whose long sides a a are of such length as to suit the width of the wall-paper as it is bought in the market. The inner portion of the box forms a continuous liquid-tight vessel, in and on which the mechanical parts of the device are mounted. The rear bottom portion of the 4'; box forms a separate space I) by means ofa partition 1). (Shown in Fig. 2.) This space extends through the entire length of the box and serves as the receptacle for the roll of wall-paper to be passed through the machine.

There are two sets of rollers in the box, which are rotated by a d rive-wheel with crank-hanthe machine Fig. 2 is a These rollers may be made of wood or any other suitable material. I prefer, however, to make them of seamless steel tubing for the purpose of having them durable and light. One set of rollers a" r are located in the rear top portion of the box. These rollers serve as guiding-rollers for the wallaper after same is drawn out from the space I). If desired, the rollers a" 1" may be covered with strong canvas for better guiding particularly vthin wall-paper. The second set of rollers consists of the three rollers r 7' r Therollers r r are located within the box. These two rollers are quite a distance apart, the top roller r being practically in one horizontal plane with the roller 0", while the roller r is located near the bottom of the box, as is shown in Fig. 2. The rollers 1 r are connected by an endless piece 0 of heavy cloth or other suitable material which is capable of taking up paste. This endless piece of cloth 0 extends over the entire length of the rollers r W. The top roller 4* is practically in contact with the endless piece of cloth, so that the roller r and the single roller r form another pair of guiding-rollers for the wall-paper w. After passing wall-paper slides on the guides d and passes through the opening 0 in the long side wall a. As above mentioned, the rollers are rotated by means of a drive-wheel c, provided with a crank-handle f. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) The drive-wheel e, as well as the gears for the rollers, is located outside of the box on the small side (L The drive-wheel is mounted on a strong metal bar h, having two rectangular ends h, by means of which it is secured on the box. The inner end of the shaft 6 of the drive-wheel islocated in a bearing in the side a of the box while the other endpasses through the bar It and connects then with the crank handle.

dle and gears.

Between the drivewheel e and the inner side of the bar h asmall ratchetwheel 6 is provided,in which reaches a springpawl e so arranged that the drive-wheel cannot be turned backward. The spring-pawl c is secured on the inside ofthe bar h. The trunnion of each of the four rollers located on the side a of the box is provided with a toothwheel t t 15 t designated correspondingly to therollers r 0" r W. The tooth-wheels t and the rollers r r the shaft of the i engage the drive-wheel 2, one being located on each side of same. The tooth wheel t is driven by the tooth-wheel t and gears with same, while the tooth-wheel t gears with the tooth-wheel t and is rotated thereby. It is plainly understood that upon turning the means of the gears just described, while the bottom roller T will rotate by the motion of the roller r by means of the endless piece of cloth passing over both. The rollers in connection with these gears rotate likewise, and the wall-paper is moved along thereby during the operation of the apparatus.

The two top rollers r r, with the toothwheels t thereon, are mounted on a special rectangular and oblong frame 9. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 2,and particularly in Fig. 3.) This frame is hinged on the small side 0. of the box, while in the front it is so arranged that it can be lifted up with the rollers 17' and their tooth-wheels t t and other parts of the apparatus mounted thereon, which will be described farther on. This is done for the purpose of cleaning the machine easily, and particularly the endless piece of cloth on the rollers r 7. After the two rollers r r are out of the way the roller r may be convenientlyremoved. The end of is provided with a spring-bearing i of usual construction, as is shown in detail in Fig. 5. The spring-bearing may be easily withdrawn and the roller taken out. The bottom roller 7 rests on one side in a bearingj, which is sidewise open,as is shown in Fig. 2, and therefore is easily removed after the roller 7- has been removed. In this manner all the rollers are out of the way and the box can be cleaned and the cloth washed before the paste gets dry thereon.

The mechanism forcuttin g the seams of the located on the top frame g. 70, (see Fig. 3,) which is permanently secured to the frame 9. This bar has a rectangularlybent portion on the side where the gears are located, and the other end is secured to a metal piece on the frame 9, so that it is somewhat elevated. The seam-cuttin g devices are attached to this bar. The bar with the cutting devices is lifted up with the top rollers of incisions 7c, in which the cutting devices are secured, as is shown in detail in Fig. 4. Each cutter proper consists of a rotatable diskl, mounted in a fork-like frame 772., which has a forward extension m. On the cutting-disk Z is secured ion 11, and on the extension m of the fork-like frame we is secured another pinion it, (see Fig. 2,) which gears with the pinion n. The roller '2" has gears 19 on its top surface opposite the openings 70 in the bar it, so arranged that upon turning the crank-handle, and thereby the rollers, the pinion n will be rotated by means of these gears 19, and thereby the pinion n and the cutting-disk Z. After being mounted in the proper cutting devices are secured in the openings 70 by means of a set-screw q.

- In addition to each cutting-disk Z there is a stationary cutter-blade s. These blades are adj ustably mounted on a movable iron bar it, located on the top inside wall a of the box. The cutter-blades rest on a rectangular piece of galvanized-iron sheeting c, which is secured to the wall a below the iron bar a and this roller on the side a a pin- .l

extends over to the roller r, as is shown in Fig. 2. The end of the bar it which is located on the wall a of the box rests against a spring a. The other end is connected to a metal handle x, pivoted to the wall a of the box and so arranged that by pushing the handle out or away from the box the bar u, with the stationary cutter-blades thereon, is 1n oved somewhat in, forcing the spring back and the stationary blades away from the cut terkdisk. This is done when it is desired to lift \the frame 9 for the purpose of clearin the c itting-disks, which are raised with the frame\ When the frame is lowered and down on the box, then the handle or lever ac is turned in, whereby the bar it moves toward same and the cutter-blades rest close to the cutting-disk, the spring MkTerTifig them in that position. This handle or lever on has an extension 00, (shown in Fig. 4,) which rests on the bar of the frame g near the gears, and thereby keeps the frame down during the operation of the machine. "he stationary cuttor-blades are adjustable, each having a slot in the portion which rests on the bar it, and a screw tightens them to said bar; but this is not shown on the drawings. When the screw is loosened, then the blade maybe shifted to the right or ened, when the blade is in the desired position. Several cutting devices are provided. The two devices on the ends of the bar 70 serve for cutting the seams of the wall-paper, while the cutting devices located between the two are used for cutting the seams of borders. As the borders are of different width, some being three inches wide, while others are six, nine, and twelve, it is necessary to have several cuttcrs for borders on the machine.

hen the machine is to housed, the paste 3 is poured into the box, as is shown in Fig. 2, and the wall-paper located in the space I) run through the machine. It meets first the cutting devices, where the seams are out 01?. Then it passes through the guiding-rollers r r and then between the rollers r 1 The back of the paper comes there in endless cloth which carries the paste and is thereby pasted. The paper then slides along the guides d through the openingo and leaves the machine. A small table a is hinged to the wall a of the box, (shown in Figs. 1 and 2,) which is let down on the hinges when the- The pasted wall-paper leavmachine is used.

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' claim as new and desire in the rear of the box the top one ing the machine is collected on the table in such a manner that only the pasted portions come in contact with each other. This is easily done, because when the paper is pasted and wet on the back it gets quite heavy and sinks down. It is then conveniently folded in the described manner.

Most of the rooms are twelve to fifteen feet high. It is therefore desirable to know when this number of feet of paper has been pasted by the machine. For this purpose there is provided on the frame g above the drivewheel c an indicator .2, of suitable construction. (ShowninFigs. land 3.) Thisindicator is provided witha small pinion ,2, which gears with the drive-wheel and moves the hand 2 thereon. Each graduation-mark on the dial 2 represents a foot. Then the desired number of feet of wall-paper has passed through the machine, the same is'cut off and pasted on the wall. A release 2 is embodied in the indicator, which returns the dial to the first graduation-mark.

In the described manner I have produced a wall-paper seamcutting and pasting machine which occupies little room and dispenses with the long boards or tables heretofore employed and is conveniently carried from the shop to any house. The machine astes the wall-paper in practically half the timeheretofore used, and the coating of paste is perfectly uniform.

Having thus described my invention, I to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A wall-paper seam-cutting and pasting machine comprising an oblong rectangular box with special space in its rear portion for the roll of wall-paper, an opening in its top front portion, and a raisable oblong frame on its top hinged thereto on one side,seam-cuttin g devices mounted in the rear of said frame, a pair of guiding -rollers near the cutters of which the top one is mounted on the frame, a set of three rollers consisting of a top roller mounted on the frame, a roller below same and in contact therewith and a roller near the bottom of the box, a paste-carrying endless piece of cloth on the two last-named rollers, gear-wheels secured one to one end of each of the four top rollers located outside of the box, a drive-wheel with crank-handle gearing with the two lower tooth-wheels, an indicator with pinion gearing with the drivewheel, and guiding-rods passing through the opening in the top front portion of the box.

2. In a wall-paper seam-cutting and pasting machine, an oblong rectangular box, a special space in its rear portion for the roll of wall-paper, an opening in its front portion, a raisable oblong frame on its top hinged thereto on one side, a pair of guiding-rollers of which is mounted on the frame, a set of three rollers consisting of a top roller mounted on the frame, a roller below same and in contact therewith and a roller near the bottomof the box, a paste-carrying endless piece of cloth on the two last-named rollers, gear-wheels one secured to one end of each of the four top rollers located outside of the box, a drivewheel with crank-handle gearing with the two lower tooth-wheels, a device for indicating the number of feet of wall-paper run through the machine having a pinion which gears with the drive-wheel, and guiding-rods passing through the opening in the front portion of the box.

3. In a wall-paper seam-cutting and pasting machine, an oblong rectangular box, a'special space in its rear portion for the roll of wall-paper, an opening in its front portion and a raisable oblong frame on its top hinged thereto on one side, a metal bar secured to said frame, incisions therein and cutting devices in said incisions consisting of a rotatable cutting-disk with pinion mounted in a fork-like frame, a forward extension on the lower end of one member of the frame, a pinion thereon, a movable iron bar located on the inside of the rear wall of the box and on a level with same, adjustable stationary cutter-blades thereon, one for each cutting-disk, a spring on one end of the bar, a metal handle at the end of the movable bar pivoted to the side wall of the box and having an extension overlapping the top frame, a pair of guiding-rollers near the cutting devices the top one of which is mounted on the frame, gears thereon engaging the pinion on the extension of the fork-shaped cutter-frame, a drive-Wheel with crank-handle, and toothwheels on the one side of the rollers in gear with the drive-whee 4. In a wall-paper seam-cutting and pasting machine, cutting devices mounted in the rear top portion of same, comprising a metal bar, incisions therein consisting of a rotatable cutting-disk with pinion mounted in a forklike frame, a forward extension on the lower end of one member of the frame, a pinion thereon, a movlble iron bar located on the inside of the rear wall of the box and on a level with same, adjustable stationary cutter-blades thereon one for each cutting-disk, a spring on one end of the bar, a metal handle at the other end of the movable bar pivoted to the side wall of the box and actuating s id movable bar.

5. In a wall-paper seam-cutting and pasting machine, an oblong rectangular box representing the paste vessel, an opening in its top front portion, guiding-rods extending through said opening, a set of three rollers consisting of a smooth top roller, a second roller below same, a third roller near the bottom of the box, a paste-carrying endless piece of cloth on the second and third rollers in contact with the top roller, gear-wheels one secured to one end of each of the first and second rollers and located outside of the box,

a drive-wheel with crank-handle secured on the side of the box and gearing with the lower Signed at N eW York, N. Y., this 26th day of tooth-Wheel, a ratchet-Wheel on the axle of June, 1903. the drive-Wheel, a spring-pawl engaging the teeth of said ratchet-wheel and a device with JOSEPH VOGT' 5 a pinion gearing With the driving tooth-Wheel Witnesses;

and indicating the number offeet of wall- HATTIE "B. LUEDERS, paper running through the machine. LILY D. WILLIAMS. 

